Goncourt
\ɡɔ̃.kuʁ\
The verdict
“Goncourt” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,966. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,966
- frequency rank, French
- 194,371
- “G” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département de la Haute-Marne intégrée à la commune de Bourmont-entre-Meuse-et-Mouzon en janvier 2019.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Goncourt |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ɡɔ̃.kuʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #17,966 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Goncourt” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Goncourt (IPA \ɡɔ̃.kuʁ\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #17,966 among 194,371 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Commune française, située dans le département de la Haute-Marne intégrée à la commune de Bourmont-entre-Meuse-et-Mouzon en janvier 2019.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Goncourt, with forms such as "ggoncourt", "gnocourt", and "gocnourt". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Goncourt, spelled G-O-N-C-O-U-R-T.
Definition
- 1Commune française, située dans le département de la Haute-Marne intégrée à la commune de Bourmont-entre-Meuse-et-Mouzon en janvier 2019.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ggoncourt
- gnocourt
- gocnourt
- gonccourt
- goncorut
- goncourrt
- goncourtt
- goncoutr
- goncuort
- gonncourt
- gonocurt
- ogncourt
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Goncourt - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Goncourt”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-O-N-C-O-U-R-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɡɔ̃.kuʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.